I was driving on a road with an incline and as I accelerated up the hill I lost all power in my gas pedal. At that same moment my engine light and battery light came on the dash board. I tried to pull the car over but I had no power at all. I put the car in park and it would not start again. We checked the battery and alternator and that is not the problem. It is most certainly the engine. I didn’t not get any warning lights what so ever, and it did not act funny before hand. I just suddenly lost power and had to get my car towed home.
2014 Kia Sportage: sudden loss of power
9 of the 125 complaints about the 2014 Kia Sportage describe sudden loss of power.
- owner complaints
- 9
- of this car's complaints
- 7%
- typical mileage
- 85,000
- recalls
- 1
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall and 59 service bulletins for this area of the car. See below
Sudden loss of power by model year
What owners say
I was driving from work to come home, I notice somthing was wrong. I put my emergency lights on and the vehicle shut down in the middle of road. I had assistants help me pushed to the side of road. I gave the car a few jumps starts but it didn't work. Then the vehicle started smoking I wasn't sure where it was coming from.car began to lose power and then started cutting out completely. Which lead me to tow my vehicle to my home. Weeks later I rececived a notication about a recall an engine compartment. I notifyed the dealership about the recall. I was told they cant do nothing untill the second letter, its been 4 months now my car still doesnt work, I'm paying monthly payments for the vehcile.. Taking public buses to go to work.if the federal safety agency really cared about our safety it shouldn't take this long to get the job done.
Was driving 50 mph on highway when a loud band and sudden loss of power came from engine. Veered car to breakdown lane. Engine oil all over road. Total loss of engine oil. A screw blew a hole in the engine (two private mechanics confirmed this). Car has now been sitting at Kia dealer for 3 weeks and they claim they cannot look at it for a month (must be a lot of blown engines in their lot?) Only 83,000 miles on car.
Was driving on freeway and lost power car wouldn't rev past 1500 rpms then motor started knocking and seized. Purchased car on 11 16 2020 put 2000 miles on it has 122,000 miles.
There is a knocking noise coming from my engine. I also lose power when I turn corners or when I slow down and go again. The knocking noise is not very loud but I can hear with the windows down. I took the vehicle to kia and they stated they couldnt replicate the issue. The engine was replaced for the same issue last year (2019).
Noticed a knocking noise coming from my engine while idoling when trying to accelerate it seemed as though my car was losing power and the knocking noise was getting louderand faster. While breaking my engine would knock and my car would slightly jerk. I haven't drove my car in 4 days because it was acting this way on back roads, no way I'd trust it on a highway. Vehicle only has 90,000 miles.
This vehicke was purchased new in march of 2014. I am the originalk owner. While making an out of town trip the vehicle had a lound knocking noise and lost power. I took the vehickle to an independent garage. The infomred me that the oil pump quit functioning and that caused the motor to throw a rod. When this occured the vehicle had 86,000 miles on it. Kia has a 10 year 100,000 mile warranty. Additionally, I purhcased an extended warranty froim the dealership that would cover the power train for 20 years and 200,000 miles. The vehicle has been delivered to a kia delaership and so far I am hearing excuses on why they will not honor the warranty. This is despite the fact I have performed regualr oil changes with full synthetic oil since I purchased the vehicle.
Wife was driving home from work, 45min drive. 10min left in the drive, she started hearing a noise from the engine and loss of power. Luckily she was able to coast the way home, but after 2 mechanic opinions, it is a dead engine due to the ticking/clanking noise from the engine. First mechanic said piston issue (without diagnostics), second said metal shavings and the engine basically killed itself. I made sure this car had on-time oil changes and at 116k miles was just about to do a full sparkplug/100k mileage tune-up. When will kia understand that 2011-2013 models are not the only models effected by these engine issues?! We now are down a car, still owe on it, (I believe) at no fault to our own. Kia did send out an ecu update (feb15/19) that (per a kia dealership employee) warranties the engine for the life of the engine, but what about people who have already been effected with these issues?!
While driving on the highway, car began to lose power and then started cutting out. I pulled over on highway shoulder. Car was putting. I turned car off and it would not restart. I replaced battery and it still would not restart.
Service bulletins that may apply
- Excessive oil consumption nu/gamma/theta/kappa engines
- Bearing clearance tester (BCT) procedures
- Pitstop: injector harness routing for PI1802Y/z and PI1803Y/z engine replacements
- Engine replacement instructions for DTC P1326 (PI1802Y/z)
- Excessive oil consumption nu/gamma/theta engines
- Partial repair of c-mdps motor, ECU, worm gear and/or steering column housing
- Product improvement
- Product improvement campaign
Related recalls
Engine
- What is wrong
- Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2011-2017 Optima, 2012-2017 Sorento and 2011-2018 Sportage vehicles that previously received an engine replacement under recall number 17V‑224, warranty, or the Knock Sensor Detection System (KSDS) Product Improvement Campaign. The high pressure fuel pipe that connects to the fuel pump outlet may have been damaged, misaligned or improperly torqued during the engine replacement procedure, possibly causing a fuel leak.
- Risk
- A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
- Remedy
- Kia has notified owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the fuel pipe, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began January 17, 2019. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1‑800‑333‑4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC172.
Recall number 18V907000 · Recall details
Questions about the 2014 Kia Sportage loss of power
Is sudden loss of power a common problem on the 2014 Kia Sportage?
9 of 125 owner complaints about the 2014 Kia Sportage (7%) mention sudden loss of power. The model year with the most reports is 2012.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2014 Kia Sportage?
There is 1 recall and 59 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2014 Kia Sportage
Engine failure 24Check engine light 20Knocking 20Stalling 14Jerking 5Sunroof shattered 5
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